Day 311 - Voice of God

Thoughts on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength (Vol. 1) - # 313

         

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I love the stories in the Bible of our Good Shepherd.  I think our lack of knowledge and insights into shepherds and sheep greatly hinders our fellowship with Christ.  Our Good Shepherd is speaking to us, His sheep, all the time.  What is our response?

Day 311 

Voice of God

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. --John 10:27

I have found that there are two primary reasons that believers are not hearing God. First, imagine a mother looking out the front window of a house watching her children play in the yard, where she has told them to stay. As long as the children are in the yard, do they hear from the mother? No! They do hear her voice if they move to the sidewalk, and they feel the mother’s force as they move into the street. When the children hear nothing, it is proof that they are in the will of the mother. Often the silence believers experience is due merely to being in the will of the Father.

Second, if we are not hearing from God it is important to ask whether we did the last thing that He told us. God often speaks concerning our hearts, the direction of our lives, matters of forgiveness, or anything relating to Matthew 5-7. If we neglected the last thing that we heard from Him, that may be the reason we are not hearing anything new. We simply need to ask the Good Shepherd if we acted on the last bit of instruction; He is more than happy to point it out once again. Be aware, though, to discern whether later the enemy picks up the banner and begins badgering us over our disregard of God’s communication. The enemy’s voice is harsh, critical, condemning, judgmental, and he will often try to bring up past failures of which we have already repented.

Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point      Green – IT, Incredible Truth        

Red – GP, Greatest Promises

Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches           Pink – PV, Priceless Victory

How about those two points from Michael!  Hear nothing…it can be we are IN the will of the Father, OR we may not have done the last thing He told us. 

Let me ask you something really important: have you ever done any extensive studying of the interaction day by day of shepherds and their flocks of sheep?  The connection between the shepherd and his sheep is incredible.  To know this real life activity turns Psalm 23 and John 10 into two of the most fascinating and encouraging passages in many new ways for those who have become very familiar with the actual fellowship of real-life shepherds and sheep.  No wonder our Good Shepherd spoke so much of this intimate fellowship, and so specifically.

We can live life in a more vigorous manner when we become more knowledgeable of life in the pasture, and to-and-from-and-in the sheepfold.  The care our Good Shepherd gives us is more meaningful to us when we can “see” how He compared His “spiritual” sheep and His Shepherding to that of the many examples in the fields all around where He walked.

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